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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the 101 people (!!!!) who have recently added their names to the Human Rights Complaint that was originally filed with the United Nations in 2014. The number of signatories is now almost quadruple that of the original submission.

In addition, the number of countries represented by the signers has almost doubled, from 10 in 2014 to 19!!

Every year since the Complaint’s filing we have sent a “Support Document” detailing, from online testimonies, the abuses that have been  suffered by ordinary folk around the world because of United States CBT/FATCA and FBAR. It has always been accompanied by a short, one or two-paragraph letter simply reminding the UN that we’re still here and waiting for their response. This year the complete failure of the US government to adopt RBT/TBT for individuals, despite its promises to do so, warrants a larger package and a louder message to be sent to the United Nations.

This year’s “Support Document” is accompanied by the long list of additional signatories as well as the following letter (signed by myself and “Karen”) updating our situation. She and “Calgary” have been instrumental in the success of this current campaign and I thank them both deeply for everything they have done.

I hope that supporters will tweet this out to the media, post it on every website they know, send the link to their government representatives, and just get the word out that this action is in the works and we will NOT be ignored any longer.

For the “update” letter, please continue reading. Continue reading →

The suggestion, by Badger and Nononymous, for this new thread came from a comment by Elizabeth, which I’ve excerpted here and can be found in its entirety at this link followed by several comments in reply.

Please share your information and experience regarding estate matters for former US citizens both in reply to Elizabeth’s question and/or in a broader sense, and ask your own questions about these matters on this thread.

 Elizabeth wrote:  . . . My father, who was born in the USA and moved to Canada in [the 1980s], passed away recently. A little background… after moving here he was under the impression that he didn’t need to file taxes in the US if he properly filed in Canada . . .  He relinquished his US citizenship in [the 1990s] by taking the citizenship oath in Canada, along with the rest of our family. He never lived as an American after that, never renewed his US passport, never lived there. He did collect Social Security from the years he did work there, but that was it.   His accountants want me to file US taxes for his estate, but I don’t think I need to as he was not a US citizen anymore.

UPDATED!!!     PLEASE tweet this guy! Might I suggest creating #WhatAboutUs?! https://www.taxjustice.net/2017/12/08/human-rights-costs-proposed-u-s-tax-cuts/!

In light of the complete failure of the United States government to provide tax compliance relief for the eight to nine million deemed American citizens living outside US borders, creators of the United Nations Human Rights Complaint against United States CBT, FATCA and FBAR are actively soliciting additional signatures to the document. Signatures are kept confidential and will be disclosed only to the UN Human Rights Council. They will never be seen by the United States government.

Please email calgaryfouroneone@gmail.com with your request to view the document prior to signing it. You will be sent a link and a password. PLEASE NOTE!!! Once you’ve requested the link to the document and the password, your name will NOT be added unless you email “Calgary” AGAIN with your permission AFTER you’ve read the Complaint. 

The Complaint was filed on August 7, 2014 and is still awaiting assessment for acceptance into the complaints process. We are working to find someone with knowledge of the UN bureaucracy who is sympathetic to our cause and can help to draw the UN’s attention to our issues.

Our “domestic avenues” have been exhausted. We must seek justice on the international stage.

Deadline to add your signature is December 12, 2017!!

BBC News – Prince Harry 'thrilled' to marry girlfriend Meghan Markle next year – It's "tax colonization through marriage" https://t.co/Y8xrH1mVnJ

— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) November 27, 2017

The mainstream media along with Isaac Brock poster “Mike” informs us:

“Breaking news!: With the upcoming marriage of Prince Harry with an American, the British Royal Family will now have to pay American taxes.. Maybe somebody in the government will wake up at that point. Meghan Markle is too rich to renounce without getting an unaffordable exit tax.”

And I bet they both have no idea.

Without Ms. Markle renouncing U.S. citizenship, it would seem that Ms. Markle will give the IRS a port of entry into the finances of the Royal Family. Think of it:

“Tax Colonization through marriage!!”

Clearly both Prince Harry and Ms. Markle need advice. In your comments could you please give them your best wishes and a bit of advice.

What should Prince Harry do?

What should Meghan Markle do?

What should the Royal Family do?

Despite all promises and recent signs of hope, we “Americans overseas” (and those deemed to be such) have been ignored once again by the government that claims ultimate power over our lives. Now, and for the foreseeable future, we remain the only human beings on Earth who have an income tax imposed on them simply for who they are. We have been left out of the current tax reform plans developed by both legislative houses in spite of the huge efforts mounted collectively by those suffering under US tax oppression around the world.

While I am grateful to those individuals in the US government who have recognized our plight and plan to continue to search for ways to introduce the world standard of Residence/Territorial-Based Taxation to the United States, I fear that the efforts are too little, too late.

Except for the various lawsuits still pending (which could take years to resolve), domestic recourse has come to a crashing end. Our one remaining avenue of attack is in the international arena.

A Human Rights Complaint was filed with the United Nations in August 2014 and is presently awaiting assessment for acceptance into the complaints process. (Those not familiar with the history of our Complaint can find information on the link at the top of the sidebar.)

We have waited long enough. It is beyond time for our plight to be recognized by the international community as the forerunner of an entirely new form of governmental abuse perpetrated by a combination of outdated law and 21st century cyber-surveillance. Human rights in the computer age extend well beyond the food, clothing, and shelter issues which the UN has traditionally championed.

In preparation for “reminding” the world of our United Nations Human Rights Complaint against the United States for its triple policies of CBT, FATCA and FBAR (as applied to “overseas” residents):

1. we would like to invite those who didn’t have an opportunity to sign the Complaint to do so. Those interested may make a request to read the Complaint by emailing calgaryfouroneone@gmail.com. You will be sent a link and a password. After reading the document, if you would like to have your name appended to it please let Calgary know. Your name will remain utterly confidential and will never be revealed to anyone in the United States government. ANYONE affected by US extra-territorial tax policies — citizens, renunciants, spouses, business associates — ANYONE who has or has had a stake in this issue — is welcome to sign!
2.  we need help from people in positions of power and/or influence who are sympathetic to our cause. Is anyone in contact with Sophie int’Veld, for example? There are several individuals in France such as Keith Redmond who have done a stunning job on behalf of this community. Do any of these folk know anyone who can lobby for us at the UN and get this process sped up? We desperately need this sort of help.
3. we need ideas from all of you as to how to proceed and get our efforts publicized accurately while under the UN’s publication ban. Silence is no longer an option. If you think the UN is a waste of time, we need to hear that too!
4. and a special request to those on Twitter and Facebook: please post links to this thread on any and all sites concerned with this issue. We need to reach everybody!

Every year on the anniversary of the Complaint’s submission (August 7) we have sent a “Support Document” which details testimonials of harms suffered due to US tax policy and reported online over the previous 12 months. In 2017, with tax reform a very real possibility, we decided to wait until now to send this year’s document. It will be sent to the UN next week [postponed to mid-December to allow for a new round of efforts in Washington to prove successful or not]. It would be terrific to send them more signatures as well!

This fight will be over when the United States of America abolishes CBT.

OCTOBER 29, 2017 CANADIAN FATCA IGA LITIGATION UPDATE:

Our trial on Canada’s FATCA IGA legislation in Federal Court will now be delayed further because Mr. Justin Trudeau’s lawyers are having problems obtaining their expert witnesses (our side’s experts have already filed affidavits).

The problem is that Government’s contracting/procurement process is not functioning as it should, and Government is having difficulty establishing the necessary retainer contracts for each of the experts they wish to use.

The hoped for time frame for the experts contracts is now end of November; however, Government experts want at least 12 weeks to prepare their affidavits.

I can’t give you a firm date yet on the trial, but speculate that trial might take place sometime early summer 2018.

— Each year more and more Canadian citizens are rounded up and turned over to a foreign country…

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